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IVI. J. STRAIN. GIGAR CASE.

No. 474,613. Patented May 10, 1892-.

ilNITED STATES PATENT Ottica.

MUR'lAGl-l J. STRAIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EMMA R. STRAIN,

` OF SAME PLACE. I

ClGAR-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,613, dated May 10,1892.

Application filed May 13, 1891. Serial No. 392,570. (No model.)

To wl whom, it may concern.- ends are turned or curved outwardly, as

Be it known that I, MURTAGH J. STRAIN, a illustrated, and are made toterminate at the citizen of the United States, residing at New open endof the section in which they are se- York, in the county of New York andState of cured and are separated at that end. By thus 5 New York, haveinvented certain new and forming the iingers the maximum of both 55usefullmprovements in Cigar-Cases; andI do strength and firmness ofelasticity is imdeclare the following to be afull, clear, and eX- partedto them. It will be observed, also, that act description of theinvention, such as will the fingers next to the mouth of the case areenable others skilled in the art to which it free and disconnected, sothat they will yield 1o appertains to make and use the same, referatonce to the insertion of the mouth end of 6o ence being had to theaccompanying drawings, a cigar and readily accommodate or adjust and tothe letters of reference marked therethemselves to the cigar whateverits diameter on, which form a part of this specification. may be. Thesesprings or clasps are elastic My invention relates to cigar-cases forholdenough to yield to the pressure of the cigar I5 ingpartially-consumed cigars; and it has for without injuring it, and yetthey have irm- 65 its object to construct the case, which is espenessenough to hold it securely against accicially adapted for pocket use, sothat the cigar dental dislodglnent. can be inserted and held in the sameand car- If the fingers had their free ends toward ried in the pocketwithout breaking the the closed end of the box and were connected zolighted or burned end of the cigar and withtogether at their outer endsby a band, there 7o out the odor of the cigar being imparted to would bestiffness instead of elasticity at the the clothesof the person. mouthof the box, thereby necessitating the To the accomplishment of theforegoing insertion of the cigar quite a distance into objects theinvention consistsin the constructhe box to reach the elastic portion ofthe 25 tion and combination of parts hereinafter ingers. Furthermore,the insertion of the 75 particularly described and then claimed. lightedend between the `fingers would result The invention will now be fullydescribed, in breaking the wrapper at that end, as it and then claimed,reference being had to the would be dry and crisp, and also in theknockaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereing of ashes from thecigar, and as the mouth 3o of, and in whichend would be moist the asheswould adhere 8o Figurelisavertical section illustrating the thereto andthe inconvenience therefrom preferred form of the case. Fig. 2 is asimilar would be great; but by having the ends terview to Fig. 1 withthe cigar shown in position. minare at the open end of the section andFig. 3 is a cross-section on theline of Fig. 1. separated from eachother and rendered elas- 3 5 Fig-.4 is a vertical section illustrating amoditic at that end the lighted end never comes 85 fied form of theinvention. in contact with the fingers or with any part In the drawingsthe letter A designates the of the case, as the mouth end of the cigarbase or lower portion of the case, which is comes between the fingers,while the lighted formed at its mouth with the flange B, and endprojects centrally therefrom and extends 4o over this flange there willtit the cap or cover into the cap without coming in contact with 9o C,so that when the two are together the eX- any part thereof. As aconsequence the ternal surfaces will be flush with each other lightedend is not in any degree injured and and there will be no projectingedge to catch does not have even so much as the ashes in any otherobject that may be in the pocket. knocked off.

45 Vithin the lower portion A of the case there The cigar may beinserted while still burn- 95 is secured, either to the sides or thebottom ing, and when the cap is applied the case is thereof, butpreferably to the bottom,a series made air tight, so that the ire issoon extinof spring or elastic fingers D. These fingers gnished, whileat the same time the odor of are made to converge toward each other inthe tobacco is confined within the case..

5o the direction of their outer ends, and at such The case isillustrated as of cylindrical form Too in cross-section, but maybe ofany other form desired, and it may be of metal or any suitable material.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is-The Cigar-Case composed of the two hollow sections adapted to t one tothe other and the spring-fingers contained within one section and havingfree open ends terminating l at the open end of the section in whichthey are secured, the lower ends of the ngers being secured to theinside of the shell, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MUR'IAGH J. STRAIN.

